Patient Care
Supporting our community
In Dalhousie Medical School’s Department of Pathology, we’re committed to improving the quality of patient care in the Maritimes. We work towards that goal by incorporating a wide variety of hands-on residencies, research-based graduate studies and community services into our program offerings.
Taking care
With residency training programs in Diagnostic and Clinical Pathology, Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology, Hematological Pathology, and Medical Microbiology, we have residents working in hospitals and clinics in all three Maritime Provinces. This not only provides our residents with the practical experience they need to become better physicians, it also offers extra support to patients.
2025 numbers at-a-glance
| Clinical Workload | |
|---|---|
| 11,862,199 | Total number of tests performed (NSHA) |
| 1,284,138 | Total blood collections performed (NSHA) |
| 48,429 | Total tissue collections performed (NSHA) |
| 2,071,423 | Total number of tests performed (IWK) |
| 204,251 | Total blood collections performed (IWK) |
| Research Statistics | |
|---|---|
| 140 | Number of publications |
| $5,294,620 | Grant capture |
| People | |
|---|---|
| 109 | Number of primary faculty |
| 12 | Cross-appointed faculty |
| 6 | Adjunct faculty |
| 752 | NSHA technical staff |
| 152 | IWK technical staff |
| 236 | New Brunswick technical staff |
| Residents | |
|---|---|
| 31 | Total number of residents |
| 14 | Diagnostic & Molecular |
| 7 | Hematopathology |
| 7 | Diagnostic & Clinical |
| 3 | Medical Microbiology |
| Graduate Students | |
|---|---|
| 37 | Total number of graduate students |
| 13 | PhDs |
| 12 | MSc |
| 12 | Post-Doctoral Fellows |